Trunk.



D. WOLFSON.

TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 28, 1912.

1,031,762. Patented July 9, 1912.

WITNESSES ix! I/ I J 1 [N VENT OR DAv'rD woLFsoN, F

TRUNK To all whomz't may cmtce'i lb:

-Be it known that; I, DAvIb; Wonrson, a

citizenlof the United 'Stat'es, residing1 at At lanta, the e'ounty of .Fulton and State.

of (areorgia, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements'in'Trunks; and I do hereby ldeclare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact :descri'ptiodofthe inven .tion,. 'such as will enable; others sk'illed in hich it appertains to'make and n's'elthe same.

the art to w invention relates toan improvement:

tint runks ,it-s' object being to provide a simple'and dnrableconstruction .of trunk inwhich large hats or similar. articles may be securely packed and safely transported.

-; With 'this object in. view' the invention consists in c'ertaidfeatures of construction" and combinations of parts asiyill herein-- after he described and pointedout. in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure '1.

is a view in sideeleyation of my improvemerit; Fig. 2 is a: viewinperspectiye illns-- trat-ingg'the cover in 'op en:posit1on, and

Fig '3 1sa top plan View.

1; represents the body of the trunk which may be of any desired size and shape alened andstifiened vertically though it' is preferably made with flattened sides 2, 2,'and with rounded ends 3, ,3. Thebody' rnay be of vulcanizedfiber board, or other suitable material, and is-strengthand horizon-' tallyby wooden cleats" t, which may be riv- 3 5- etedto the inner and outer sides: of the trunk-j-To the inner opposite sidesof the trunk and midway its l'ength are riveted the sheet steel guideways 5, which serve to strengthen and stitfenthe trunk body and also avs.guides for the removable partition 6,

which is preferably made of vulcanized fiber" hoard, although it may be made of'sheet, metah'and has transverse flanges 7 secured to its opposite edges, "which fit and slide within the guideways 5;

8, 8 represent'fiex l-':=" partii on'sections.

which may he made of vulcanized fiber or any. other strong' and flexible materiahand are secured 'at the r mlddle portions by riv- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed Marches.

vcurved ends of the body 0 ets f0 the'opposite sides of the remov ble ATLANTA; I GEoReI1i.

T Patented July 9, 1912. 1912. semi No.sae ,9 39. V 7

partition ,6. The; partition sections vh are madefof-s iflicient widthto enable their sides to be curved inwardly within thetrunk secuttin'g against the Cleats tion their edgesab 9secured to the innersurfaces of the body of the'trun'k; Hence by the employment of thesinglev removable. partition- 6, with its .partitiOn'JSeCti ns 8, 8, attached; thereto, the

interior space of-the t-runk body is subdi' vided, into two receptacles each of which is substantially circular in; cross-section, and within which larger-hats or. other articles may be safely packed and transported.

I 'lhecover 10 is hingedftotone side of' the trunk body andisprovidedwith'a flange 'll which fits over the upper "edge of the body and is secured tethe 'latter--by means'of straps l2., or in any otherdesired manner;

Hav ng fully'descnbedmy invention what I claim as new and desire to secur by, Let} ItersPaten-t, 1s:-' v

2-1. A tru'nk comprising a body m-om I provided interiorly on diametricallyopposite Walls withgfuideways, a; partition. mo'vable said gnideways and partition sections permanently secured to said partition fat,

opposite sides thereof, each ,partitio'n sec 2. A tr="nk .oomprising a body portion having curved ends, and provided, interiorly on diametr cally opposite walls wit-h guide? .tioii Cooperating with thr vw ll of the trunk "at two points toform'a eoi'npartn ent.-'

Ways, a removable partition haying side edges moy'a'ble-in said the partition and ,cotip'erating with the approximately circular compartments.

3. .Aitrnnk comprising a body portion; a removable partition. in: saidbody portion, a flexible partition section secured on' each side of said part-ition, and two cleats seguideways'. a'nd c'nrvedpar- ,tltion sections secured on opposlte'sides of portion to form cured in the body between its center and each of.its ends, ing engaged by and forming abntments for the res vective ends ofone of the flexible partition sections; 7 p 4, The combination with a trunk ,body having metal. gnideways riveted to its 0 positv si:les,'and a partition adapted to fit the cleats of each pair l')(-- and slide in said guideways, of flexible par- In testimony whereof, I have signed this tition sections secured to the opposite sides specification in the presence of two subof said partition and cleats fastened to the scribing Witnesses.

interior of the trunk body and adapted to DAVID WOLFSON. engage both free edges of each of said fiexi Witnesses: ble partition sections, substantially as set W. C. ZELLARS,

forth. F. M. BERRY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C. 

